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, hoyer is the number two guy, the majority leader and cliburn is number three, the majority whip. they've been vying for the number two position in the next congress, that will be the minority whip. pelosi says she wants hoyer to stay as second in command and wants him to be the minority whip and she will create a new position for cliburn so that he stays in the number three spot. in a letter to democrats, pelosi wrote, quote, i will also ask the caucus to designate that position as assistant leader. meaning cliburn would report to pelosi and not to hoyer. >> juliet: we also hear about competing orientation events for freshmen republicans tomorrow. what's that all about? >> one organized in part by the claremont institute, a conservative think tank and incoming gop freshmen lawmakers, quote, to discuss how we can work together as a group in general. but the tea party patriots, national tea party group, they have an event around the same time on the same day and they see the claremont gathering as competition. in an e-mail the tea party patriots wrote to supporters, quote, dc insid
, hoyer is the number two guy, the majority leader and cliburn is number three, the majority whip. they've been vying for the number two position in the next congress, that will be the minority whip. pelosi says she wants hoyer to stay as second in command and wants him to be the minority whip and she will create a new position for cliburn so that he stays in the number three spot. in a letter to democrats, pelosi wrote, quote, i will also ask the caucus to designate that position as assistant...
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cliburn. what is that job and to be? are you going to have an office or staff? what does that say about what democrats or want to do to approach the leadership in this that as they find themselves in? >> i will have office and staff. i will be checking on a portfolio that is a little bit different than some that we have had in the past. i cannot be in parts of the country that i had not campaigned before. when we came back here in the minority, it would have been very simple, as everybody said, you have been chair, so go back to being chair. posey will go back tautness policy will go back to being the leader. -- nancy pelosi will go back to being the leader. things that i have learned out there could be put to great use in our leadership discussions if we were to bring another chair to the table because i believe that we are in a different political environment and we have a caucus that is a little bit different from the republican conference. we have 42 african-americans and about 21 or 22 latinos. we have 10 asian-pacific islanders. .e have blue dogs tha with
cliburn. what is that job and to be? are you going to have an office or staff? what does that say about what democrats or want to do to approach the leadership in this that as they find themselves in? >> i will have office and staff. i will be checking on a portfolio that is a little bit different than some that we have had in the past. i cannot be in parts of the country that i had not campaigned before. when we came back here in the minority, it would have been very simple, as everybody...
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deriding nancy pelosi and james cliburn saying the democrats are racist. cliburn is getting bumped down from the leader sthop the jofb pelosi's driver. driving miss nancy, he calls it. question for the country. will all this stuff rush has to throw at the democrats, the bad economy and all of it why does he keep going back to race? plus, the threat from the left. if president obama accepts tax cuts for the rich and the deficit commission's recommendations, will he face a challenger for renomination? well, the progressives mount a candidate against him. and a new poll shows the president's dropped an average 518 points. and a half dozen state he's carried in 2008. we'll take a look at how tough 2012 could be for him. >>> also, november 22nd will mark the 47th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. everyone at that time remembers the secret service agent who jumped on the back of the president's car after he was shot. and now she and another agent who was by jfk's side on that tragic day are breaking their silence on what happened. they'll be
deriding nancy pelosi and james cliburn saying the democrats are racist. cliburn is getting bumped down from the leader sthop the jofb pelosi's driver. driving miss nancy, he calls it. question for the country. will all this stuff rush has to throw at the democrats, the bad economy and all of it why does he keep going back to race? plus, the threat from the left. if president obama accepts tax cuts for the rich and the deficit commission's recommendations, will he face a challenger for...
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cliburn. as i learned a long time ago from my friend in elected office, then it was then and now is now we have a job in front of us. we know it and we are ready to get back to work and to continue to build on the successes of over 150,000 jobs created last month, more than 1 million created in the last 10 months building on the fact that we just got word that 14% more small businesses are offering health insurance to their employees as a result of the health care bill that we passed. we are ready to go to work because we know job one for us is jobs for americans. as we look out at the landscape working with this president, he knows this very well and i think it sounds better in spanish when people ask can we do it, i would like to ask our ranking member on the budget committee to say a few words. >> thank you don't javier. i want to thank the members of the democratic caucus to elect me to be the ranking member of the budget committee in the next congress. we all know that that will be a cent
cliburn. as i learned a long time ago from my friend in elected office, then it was then and now is now we have a job in front of us. we know it and we are ready to get back to work and to continue to build on the successes of over 150,000 jobs created last month, more than 1 million created in the last 10 months building on the fact that we just got word that 14% more small businesses are offering health insurance to their employees as a result of the health care bill that we passed. we are...
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hoyer is number two, and congressman cliburn is three, the majority whip. when the republicans take over the house in january, democrats will lose that speaker position and pelosi will run for minority leader. so pits hoyer against cliburn in the battle for who will be the minority whip. pelosi stepped in to settle by asking hoyer to be the number two guy and creating a new position for cliburn. she writes in a letter to democrats today saying, quote, i will be very honored to nominate our outstanding colleague, cliburn, of south carolina to serve in the number three house democratic position. i will also ask the caucus to designate that position as assistant leader. on the other side of the aisle, republicans are battling over welcome events for incoming lawmakers. there is a meeting on sunday at the national republican club off capitol hill organized in part by the conservative think tank, the claremont institute, and some incoming gop lawmakers. but the tea party patriots, national tea party group have an event the same day and say the claremont gatherin
hoyer is number two, and congressman cliburn is three, the majority whip. when the republicans take over the house in january, democrats will lose that speaker position and pelosi will run for minority leader. so pits hoyer against cliburn in the battle for who will be the minority whip. pelosi stepped in to settle by asking hoyer to be the number two guy and creating a new position for cliburn. she writes in a letter to democrats today saying, quote, i will be very honored to nominate our...
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you have a clash between still need a lawyer and jim cliburn. -- steny hoyer and jim clyburn. >> i think it is important to restoring confidence. >> we, both parties are expected to elect their -- next week, both parties are expected to elect their leadership. tv 11 news. >> police tonight are investigating at our rate in anne arundel county. the 23-year-old victim says she had just taken up the trash at the 8100 block of scenic meadow drive when she saw a man lurking in the bushes. the suspect followed the victim before attacking her. >> it is a disturbing incident of the way around. we understand how this could frighten the committee. what extra patrols checking, just to continue to investigate this -- we will have extra patrols checking, just to continue to investigate this. >> police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. a baltimore man has been charged with cruelty for killing his underdog. 35-year-old stanley, and used a shotgun to put down his bullmastiff because it would not stop fighting with a siberian husky. it the dog -- the dog later died. the police also f
you have a clash between still need a lawyer and jim cliburn. -- steny hoyer and jim clyburn. >> i think it is important to restoring confidence. >> we, both parties are expected to elect their -- next week, both parties are expected to elect their leadership. tv 11 news. >> police tonight are investigating at our rate in anne arundel county. the 23-year-old victim says she had just taken up the trash at the 8100 block of scenic meadow drive when she saw a man lurking in the...
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the group wants to know what kind of power cliburn would wield. >>> president obama today awarded the nation's highest military honor the medal of honor to staff sergeant junta. he charged ahead under fire to rescue a mortally wounded soldier who was being dragged away by taliban fighters. junta says he would give the medal of honor back in a second to have his two friends back that died in the fire fight. >>> why a sample of every california baby's dna is taken and stored and how the genetic material >>> if you were born many california in the past 30 years, chances are the state has a card stored with your dna on it taken right after birth. now some are saying this not only violates privacy rights but also patient and parental rights. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler has tonight's special report. >> reporter: what's all the fuss about? a few drops of baby's blood dabbed on a card. it's mandatory newborn screening for 77 serious genetic diseases. >> left untreated can lead to early death or severe impairment of quality of life . this is really important because it allows
the group wants to know what kind of power cliburn would wield. >>> president obama today awarded the nation's highest military honor the medal of honor to staff sergeant junta. he charged ahead under fire to rescue a mortally wounded soldier who was being dragged away by taliban fighters. junta says he would give the medal of honor back in a second to have his two friends back that died in the fire fight. >>> why a sample of every california baby's dna is taken and stored and...
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the group wants to know what kind of power cliburn would wield. >>> president obama today awarded the nation's highest military honor the medal of honor to staff sergeant junta. he charged ahead under fire to rescue a mortally wounded soldier who was being dragged away by taliban fighters. junta says he would give the medal of honor back in a second to have his two friends back that died in the fire fight. >>> why a sample of every california baby's dna is taken and stored and how the genetic material is shared. >>> also ahead, she is wearing princess diana's engagement ring with a royal wedding in the works, but is that intimidating? >>> if you were born many california in the past 30 years, chances are the state has a card stored with your dna on it taken right after birth. now some are saying this not only violates privacy rights but also patient and parental rights. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler has tonight's special report. >> reporter: what's all the fuss about? a few drops of baby's blood dabbed on a card. it's mandatory newborn screening for 77 serious genetic d
the group wants to know what kind of power cliburn would wield. >>> president obama today awarded the nation's highest military honor the medal of honor to staff sergeant junta. he charged ahead under fire to rescue a mortally wounded soldier who was being dragged away by taliban fighters. junta says he would give the medal of honor back in a second to have his two friends back that died in the fire fight. >>> why a sample of every california baby's dna is taken and stored and...
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she brokered a deal to keep steny hoyer as number two and james cliburn as number three. brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> spems -- democrats expected to return to capitol hill tomorrow. a one-time $250 million is to make up for another year without an increase in social security. the bill would cost $14 billion. >> congressman elijah cummings will be our guest this mong this morning. if you have a question e-mail your questions to sundayquestions @ www.wbaltv.com. >> the baltimore city fire charles lunner was killed in the line of duty. >> i didn't realize how emotional it would be until they brought out his hat. >> the plaque honoring lieutenant lutner will be displayed in the firefighters museum in baltimore. >> how to help keep you from being the next person diagnosed with diabetes. >> and from bags to bot -- bottles, unique products made with recycled materials. >> and tony up next with the insta-weather plus forecast. >> welcome back. the time is 7:11. beautiful sunrise in progress right now. there is going to be a little bit of cloud cover hanging around today. stil
she brokered a deal to keep steny hoyer as number two and james cliburn as number three. brian mooar, wbal-tv 11 news. >> spems -- democrats expected to return to capitol hill tomorrow. a one-time $250 million is to make up for another year without an increase in social security. the bill would cost $14 billion. >> congressman elijah cummings will be our guest this mong this morning. if you have a question e-mail your questions to sundayquestions @ www.wbaltv.com. >> the...
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. >> jim cliburn is not an all faced. he is accusing republicans of spending and nonstop rhetoric that >> there wrotthey are misrepresg what the client wants. >> april 4th it kron4 news. >> somebody is dumping toxic garbage into the dump. if you can tell us where or who is doing it you will be rewarded of thousands of dollars. >> is a cooler temperatures coming up next few days at a >> is a cooler temperatures coming up next few days at a temperature come up. d a neighb. but there's one thing they miss. their beloved hometown team. so i asked citi -- how many thankyou points it would take to give them something special. their old seats, 5 and 6, row c. [ male announcer ] citi thankyou points can be used for almost anything you choose. what's your story? citi can help you write it. [ crunching ] [ male announcer ] the closer the wheels are to the front and back of the vehicle, the bigger and steeper the obstacle it can go over. [ crunching ] guess where we put the wheels on the jeep grand cherokee. ♪ joey came over to wa
. >> jim cliburn is not an all faced. he is accusing republicans of spending and nonstop rhetoric that >> there wrotthey are misrepresg what the client wants. >> april 4th it kron4 news. >> somebody is dumping toxic garbage into the dump. if you can tell us where or who is doing it you will be rewarded of thousands of dollars. >> is a cooler temperatures coming up next few days at a >> is a cooler temperatures coming up next few days at a temperature come up....
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speaker pelosi stepped in and wanted hoyer, but she intends to create a new position for congressman cliburn. it's not clear what it will be, but third in line after pelosi and hoyer the minority whip. >> jamie: what about the tea party members coming in and a lot of people are watching how that translates and transforms congress and are the republicans battling at all over that? >> reporter: it's interesting there. the tea party patriots, a national tea party group has an event planned for incoming members of congress, training sessions, seminars, that kind of thing. now, there is also another event this weekend for house g.o.p. freshmen and that's organized by the conservative think tank, the clairmont institute and that second event is rubbing the tea partiers the wrong way. in an e-mail the tea party patriots wrote to supporters, quote, d.c. insiders, the rnc, the republican national committee and lobbyists are already trying to push the tea party aside and coop the incoming freshmen, told the wall street journal he's not aware of the conference. >> jamie: interesting, molly henneberg ke
speaker pelosi stepped in and wanted hoyer, but she intends to create a new position for congressman cliburn. it's not clear what it will be, but third in line after pelosi and hoyer the minority whip. >> jamie: what about the tea party members coming in and a lot of people are watching how that translates and transforms congress and are the republicans battling at all over that? >> reporter: it's interesting there. the tea party patriots, a national tea party group has an event...
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but for democrat, what to do about south carolina's jim cliburn. he's currently the number three leader for house democrats, but because they no longer hold the speaker chair, each democratic leader kind of slides down and becomes this game of musical chairs and cliburn is the guy left standing. pelosi is trying to create a new leadership job for him, hoping that she doesn't ruffle the feathers of those in the black caucus which is far is skeptical. thank you for coming to me before you go to richard simmons. >> steve: it's a good thing you mentioned that because he is coming up next, live from dc, doug, thank you very much. there he is, richard simmons, live in the studio right after the break. we'll get into shape with him. >> gretchen: all right. break a sweat there, richard. you can crack up. martha mccallum will be on at the top of the hour. >> martha! , martha! >> i don't think i could do a better tease than that. thank you so much. coming up on "america's news room," very big events unfolding on capitol hill this morning. senate republicans
but for democrat, what to do about south carolina's jim cliburn. he's currently the number three leader for house democrats, but because they no longer hold the speaker chair, each democratic leader kind of slides down and becomes this game of musical chairs and cliburn is the guy left standing. pelosi is trying to create a new leadership job for him, hoping that she doesn't ruffle the feathers of those in the black caucus which is far is skeptical. thank you for coming to me before you go to...
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>> they will be out there running again. >> "newsmakers" with james cliburn sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> of this year's video documentary competition is in full swing. make a 5 to 8 minute video. your documentary should include more than one point of view along with c-span programming. i applaud your video before the deadline of january 20 for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. there is $50,000 in total prices. competition is open to middle and high school students from grades 6 through 12. >> earlier today, the house ethics committee announced that they would postpone the upcoming hearing for california democrat maxine waters. they have learned of the evidence in the case and are looking at materials before moving forward. this week, the ethics committee recommended that new york democrat and former ways and means chairman charlie rangel be censured for his conduct. he was found guilty of 11 at the sturgis. we spoke to a capitol hill reporter about the story. >> on the phone with us -- the "daily news" has been following this case f
>> they will be out there running again. >> "newsmakers" with james cliburn sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> of this year's video documentary competition is in full swing. make a 5 to 8 minute video. your documentary should include more than one point of view along with c-span programming. i applaud your video before the deadline of january 20 for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. there is $50,000 in total prices....
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this weekend, house democratic with james cliburn on how democrats view their role in the one in the 12th congress, which begins in january. here is a look. >> i have been out there campaigning with him, and when i saw their attitudes, i was extremely heartened by -- remember, some of them barely won, but a lot of our people barely lost. we have done the calculations. to lend it 50,000 votes in total -- somebody might lose 300 votes here, " hundred votes here. if you add it all up, it comes to less than 250000 votes that we lost the house by. a lot of these people will stay on the field, and i guarantee you that if we can speed up this recovery, from 25 miles an hour, to 55 miles an hour, and we keep going in the private sector, as we have been going, we will have the wind at our backs two years from now, and i can tell you a lot of these people will be back. >> rematches city is what we are looking for part >> absolutely, or country. >> you will see a lot of these narrowly-defeated democrats run again. >> i've talked to them, and they will be out there running again. >> representati
this weekend, house democratic with james cliburn on how democrats view their role in the one in the 12th congress, which begins in january. here is a look. >> i have been out there campaigning with him, and when i saw their attitudes, i was extremely heartened by -- remember, some of them barely won, but a lot of our people barely lost. we have done the calculations. to lend it 50,000 votes in total -- somebody might lose 300 votes here, " hundred votes here. if you add it all up,...
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. >> representative james cliburn was elected wednesday to the new position of assistant minority leader for the new congress. he maintained his number 3 spot in the leadership are you can see the full interview sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on "newsmakers." will be live this afternoon with a discussion of the midterm election and how what has changed politics for the federalist society is holding its national lawyers convention at 2:00 eastern, the utah senator collect and the indiana congressman discussed the tea party and the constitution. mr. lee is one of 16 new senators. the house has 94 new members and one of them is joe walsh. mr. walsh is an investment banker and will be represented the northwestern chicago and metro area. another new member is the florida republican in david riviera who takes the seas of -- who takes the seat o the man who ran in another district. he is the miami dade republican county chairman. >> earmarks account for one-half of 1% of the budget. find out what they are on line at the cspan video library. search and watch programs explaining earma
. >> representative james cliburn was elected wednesday to the new position of assistant minority leader for the new congress. he maintained his number 3 spot in the leadership are you can see the full interview sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on "newsmakers." will be live this afternoon with a discussion of the midterm election and how what has changed politics for the federalist society is holding its national lawyers convention at 2:00 eastern, the utah senator...
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. >> "newsmakers," with south carolina representative james cliburn -- clyburn. >> the studentcam competition is in full swing. upload your video before january 20th for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. there is $50,000 in total prices. the competition is open to middle and high school students. for all the rules, go online. >> now, the state of thewe will hear from formerthey evaluate progress being made in afghanistan and talk about this week's nato military conference in lisbon. this event was held at the army navy club in washington d.c.. because of technical issues, we join this a couple of minutes in. >> i was in afghanistan in september. i did another assessment for general petraeus. i had done many for him in iraq in 2007 and 2008. after he parachuted into afghanistan somewhat unexpectedly, he asked me to come over and take a look and give him some feedback, which i did for two and a half weeks, and winter just about all the contested areas,o our troops, local government officials, a lot of time with the afghan national army and police and a fair amount of time with the p
. >> "newsmakers," with south carolina representative james cliburn -- clyburn. >> the studentcam competition is in full swing. upload your video before january 20th for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. there is $50,000 in total prices. the competition is open to middle and high school students. for all the rules, go online. >> now, the state of thewe will hear from formerthey evaluate progress being made in afghanistan and talk about this week's nato...
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if folks like cliburn and hoyer, they will be facing off against each other. >> what about the democratic caucus chair? to is aiming for that? >> it is jon larsen from connecticut. he is the current democratic caucus chair in the minority. that is not surprising that he is running again. there is not, as far as i'm aware, any opponent for mr. larsen at this point. he has close ties to speaker policy. -- to speaker nancy pelosi. i would probably give the upper hand to him. there may be other people jump into that race. i think that you could see additional candidates. as of right now, i do not think that there is anybody who would be a threat to larsen. that could change. i think that larsen has the upper hand. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> now, reporters and analysts from "the weekly standard" and "the washington examiner." from the national press club, this is about 1.25 minutes. >> good afternoon. in the editor of the weekly standard and it is a pleasure to welcome you to this discussion about the elections last tuesday we will quickly cover what happened an
if folks like cliburn and hoyer, they will be facing off against each other. >> what about the democratic caucus chair? to is aiming for that? >> it is jon larsen from connecticut. he is the current democratic caucus chair in the minority. that is not surprising that he is running again. there is not, as far as i'm aware, any opponent for mr. larsen at this point. he has close ties to speaker policy. -- to speaker nancy pelosi. i would probably give the upper hand to him. there may...
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[applause] sunday, on news bankers, james cliburn on the will of the democrats and 112th congress. he will look at how his party plans to transition to the minority. how he plans to work with minorities. he has been elected to the knee position as assistant minority whip. watch newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> in the final volume of this award winning trilogy on theodore roosevelt, edwin morris -- edmund morris works at the final years. studentcam 's documentary convert petition -- competition is a washington d.c. 3 marlins. your documentary should include more than one corner of you as well as c-span programming. upload your video by the deadline of january 20 for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000. there is the key thousand dollars in total prize is. the competition is open to middle and high school students in grades 6 through 12. for all the rules on how to upload your video, and go on line. >> pcs and networks provides coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books and american history. it is all available to you on te
[applause] sunday, on news bankers, james cliburn on the will of the democrats and 112th congress. he will look at how his party plans to transition to the minority. how he plans to work with minorities. he has been elected to the knee position as assistant minority whip. watch newsmakers, sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> in the final volume of this award winning trilogy on theodore roosevelt, edwin morris -- edmund morris works at the final years. studentcam...
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have steny hoyer taking a demotion and going back to a job he held a number of years ago and james cliburn basically would be pushed out of the leadership and he already had the jobs and a lot of people, like getting demoted. i don't want to take that job again. >> he didn't have the votes to unseat steny hoyer and the congressional black caucus balking, haven't come out in support of that. >> this is reminiscent of school, we've heard the stories in school, give trophies to everyone, no one is a loser, everyone gets a trophy. races and contests have consequences. sometimes you lose your leadership position. >> and reminded of that. >> unless of course you do something tricky and create a new one. and what else is topping the news less than an hour until president obama returns from asia, landing in anchorage alaska and make his way home to washington and he was in japan for the apec summit and a visit to the great buddha statue and the ten day trip took him to indonesia and south korea and failed to reach an agreement on a free trade deal. and fox news alert for you, you're about to look
have steny hoyer taking a demotion and going back to a job he held a number of years ago and james cliburn basically would be pushed out of the leadership and he already had the jobs and a lot of people, like getting demoted. i don't want to take that job again. >> he didn't have the votes to unseat steny hoyer and the congressional black caucus balking, haven't come out in support of that. >> this is reminiscent of school, we've heard the stories in school, give trophies to...
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host: are you talking about congressman cliburn or president obama? caller: the third ranking congressman. host: in the house democrats? caller: i do not know his name, but i know he is battling with harry reid to get the second spot below pelosi. host: you can tell us about that contest. guest: steny hoyer. the caller indicated that democrats have had a tough time on messaging. that their defeats were primarily because of policy. they would privately indicate, many of them, that republicans won the war in messaging and republicans indicated that and it has been getting a lot of buzz around washington. host: leaders of the house democrats, what do they have to do in the lame-duck session to leave feeling like they have gotten something done? guest: they would argue that they have gotten everything done that they meant to get done. stimulus and infrastructure spending. they feel they wanted to do the dream act, which was very important to them. a bill that would give orphans from haiti an extended stay in the united states. with a little bit of legisla
host: are you talking about congressman cliburn or president obama? caller: the third ranking congressman. host: in the house democrats? caller: i do not know his name, but i know he is battling with harry reid to get the second spot below pelosi. host: you can tell us about that contest. guest: steny hoyer. the caller indicated that democrats have had a tough time on messaging. that their defeats were primarily because of policy. they would privately indicate, many of them, that republicans...
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the republican side and house democrats created a new position in their leadership ranks for james cliburn, the outgoing house majority whip. he'll take the title assistant leader when the democrats become the minority, oversee ago diminished democratic caucus following those midterm elections. >> gretchen: we also hear the house republicans this morning are expected to make an effort on the florida slash federal funding for npr. what's the deal with that? >> yeah. it's part of the you cut program, remember that? that was initiated by eric cantor. the public votes on-line on programs to cut and npr was the winner, or you could say loser this week. but this is largely a symbolic vote in the aftermath of the juan williams firing. juan williams, npr contributor, of course. >> gretchen: all right. we'll see how that flushes out. thank you very much. >> brian: more headlines now. let's talk politics. >> gretchen: alaska senator lisa murkowski declaring victory. the win comes after a week long count of write in ballots put her more than 2,000 unchallenged votes ahead of joe miller. he's consider
the republican side and house democrats created a new position in their leadership ranks for james cliburn, the outgoing house majority whip. he'll take the title assistant leader when the democrats become the minority, oversee ago diminished democratic caucus following those midterm elections. >> gretchen: we also hear the house republicans this morning are expected to make an effort on the florida slash federal funding for npr. what's the deal with that? >> yeah. it's part of the...
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cliburn, which brings up another issue -- the democrats choosing to create positions for their people, for some odd reason. i am sure he does not get paid any additional money for that position but that even relies on to c obamazars and all the committees and all the people working for the president. i would wonder if they tallied up all of their incomes working for the government, how much money that would save the. us us. for my last comment, i wish everyone had the opportunity to watch charlie rose. host: are you talking about the interview with alan simpson and erskine bowles to caller:? yes. host: 90 for calling. guest: this question that he rates about a czars and president obama. i did a little bit of writing about that last year. i assume he is talking about the car czar and folks who were brought in to handle specific issues. this kind of thing happen under previous presidents, too. there is very little evidence to suggest that there is anything very different going on there or that it signaled the in adds to the deficit. host: last call from tom barton, scotland, joining us
cliburn, which brings up another issue -- the democrats choosing to create positions for their people, for some odd reason. i am sure he does not get paid any additional money for that position but that even relies on to c obamazars and all the committees and all the people working for the president. i would wonder if they tallied up all of their incomes working for the government, how much money that would save the. us us. for my last comment, i wish everyone had the opportunity to watch...
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jim cliburn of south carolina. >> thank you very much. thank you so much for your friendship and leadership. thank you so much for what you have done it before this caucus. this is a tremendous leadership team. i want to thank all of you. you know, the last two days, our focus has been very introspective. i have enjoyed sitting down yesterday for about 56 hours and listening to our members, listening to those who will not be with us next time. today, we went through a process that i think will lay a foundation for us to beat perspective as we go forward. i am looking forward to working with this team. we have bad these crossroads before. we know what it takes to get us back to where we need to be on behalf of the american people. we are going to do it with enthusiasm and i am looking forward to what lies ahead. i want to yield two are vice chair. eyes tear. >> as i learned a long time ago from a friend in elected office, that was then, now is now. we have a job in front of us. we know it and we are ready to get back to work to continue to
jim cliburn of south carolina. >> thank you very much. thank you so much for your friendship and leadership. thank you so much for what you have done it before this caucus. this is a tremendous leadership team. i want to thank all of you. you know, the last two days, our focus has been very introspective. i have enjoyed sitting down yesterday for about 56 hours and listening to our members, listening to those who will not be with us next time. today, we went through a process that i think...
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congressman cliburn talks about his recent election to the new position of assistant minority leader for the new congress, maintaining his no. 3 spot in the leadership. >> it would have been very simple to step back one step. standing where it would go back to being whip. i said to them that it would not be attractive to me. i feel the things i have learned out there could be put to great use in our leadership discussions if we were to bring another chair to the table. i do believe that we are in a different political environment. we have a caucus that is a little different from the republican conference. we have 42 african-americans. we have 22 latinos that make up the hispanic caucus. we of asian-pacific islanders. we have full trade people. we have blue dogs that are not that much for trade. all this diversity i thought i had learned a lot about and could bring discussions to the table and take them away from the table into our constituency in a way that would limit me if i were chair of the caucus. >> "newsmakers" with james clyburn on sunday. in september, senator mccaskill aske
congressman cliburn talks about his recent election to the new position of assistant minority leader for the new congress, maintaining his no. 3 spot in the leadership. >> it would have been very simple to step back one step. standing where it would go back to being whip. i said to them that it would not be attractive to me. i feel the things i have learned out there could be put to great use in our leadership discussions if we were to bring another chair to the table. i do believe that...
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. >> south carolina representative james cliburn talks about his recent election to the new position of assistant minority leader for the new congress, maintaining his no. 3 spot in the leadership. >> it would have been very simple, everybody does step back one step. pelosi will go back to being the leader. that was not attractive to me. i thought that things that i learned out there could be put to great use in our leadership discussions if we were to bring another chair to the table, because i do believe that we are in a different political environment, and we have a caucus that is a little bit different from the republican conference. we have 42 african-americans. we have tended asian-pacific islanders. we have blue dogs, all of this diversity. i thought i had learned a lot about it and i really could bring discussions to that table and take them away from the table into our constituency in a way that would limit the if i were chair of the caucus. >> newsmakers at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the national governors' association hosted a seminar this weekend for t
. >> south carolina representative james cliburn talks about his recent election to the new position of assistant minority leader for the new congress, maintaining his no. 3 spot in the leadership. >> it would have been very simple, everybody does step back one step. pelosi will go back to being the leader. that was not attractive to me. i thought that things that i learned out there could be put to great use in our leadership discussions if we were to bring another chair to the...
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. >> on "newsmakers," james cliburn talks about how democrats be themselves in the 112 congress. how they plan to work with republicans. >> when i saw their attitudes, i was extremely hard and -- and remember, some of them barely one. a lot of our people barely lost. we have done the calculations. 202,000 votes in total, 1200 votes year, 1400 votes there. it comes down to less than two under 50,000 votes that we lost the house by. a lot of people barely won, a lot of pple barely lost. i guarantee you that we can speed of this recovery for 25 miles per hour to 50 miles per hour. to keep going in the private sector as we have been going, we will have to be at our best two years from now. i can tell you a lot of these people will be back. >> rematch city? >> absolutely. for the entire country. >> we will see a lot of these nearly defeated democrats running again? >> they will be out there running again. >> "newsmakers" with south carolina representative james clyburn on c-span. >> like all men of great gifts, when they give up power, even though they may give it up for sensible reas
. >> on "newsmakers," james cliburn talks about how democrats be themselves in the 112 congress. how they plan to work with republicans. >> when i saw their attitudes, i was extremely hard and -- and remember, some of them barely one. a lot of our people barely lost. we have done the calculations. 202,000 votes in total, 1200 votes year, 1400 votes there. it comes down to less than two under 50,000 votes that we lost the house by. a lot of people barely won, a lot of pple...